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Definitely a Harris trait though these days, for better or worse.

That review came from Deaf Forever's Götz who, if I recall, found the last round of Maiden albums kind of like - BNW- Classic DOD - massively flawed AMOLAD - singular in tone, but high quality TFF - mixed bag BOS - mixed bag So, his review has me pretty excited!

There's another review posted on the official board I haven't seen here yet. Using spoiler tags for those who don't want to read it (also, this is totally copy pasted from there, so kudos to Nagelfar on that board).

I'm also encouraged by the comments on the production being better. I definitely thought TWOTW sounded way clearer and punchier than anything on the last two albums, with a bit more clarity than pretty much anything since BNW. That's kind of a hard song to go by though since it's so simple...

That and he's a fairly straight shooter when it comes to reviewing material. I remember reading an interview with him and Bruce back in 2003 (man, I'm old) right after DoD and he was, not exactly favorable in his review/questions at the time.

I never listen to Virtual XI as it is pretty awful. Aside from that, I'm not a song skipper - I listen to full Maiden albums when I put one on.

Yeah, I noticed that as well. There were a few mentions of some lyric Harris-isms (lots of words in a short period of time) but not a lot either. I'm intrigued by some of the vocal layering and cinematic effects (title track) that were mentioned as well. Sounds like Death of the Celts will...

Dance of Death, if I recall, also got swaths of mediocre reviews from the press and review sites/blogs (seriously, the notion of the rock/metal press having much sway in 2021 is kinda funny). So, unwarranted high praise isn't necessarily guaranteed. At the end of the day, I don't give a shit...

Man, that synopsis was really encouraging. I took away that this album will be a pleasant mix of new and slightly familiar which is pretty much exactly what should be expected on a bands 17th album. Based solely on that review, I'm most excited about the title track, Darkest Hour and Hell on...

This is a great idea for a thread, and something I also do prior to every Maiden album release! That being said, I was feeling over eager this time so I already started on my discography run-through last week. This way I'm doing each album, one a day, for two consecutive days up until the...

I think I see a loose string on one of the guitars in the background, clearly this album was made so quickly they didn't even tune! (*sarcasm)

Yeah, it's not like they've spent 6 years toiling over new songs. For better or worse, they've always (at least since the mid-ish 80s) done the "so what do we have ready" kind of thing.

The date is obviously a typo. I'm really curious what these "different for Maiden" kind of songs are going to be. I can't imagine The Writing on the Wall falling into that bucket as it's not super atypical Maiden, so what do we think? The only thing I could think of was maybe incorporating...

Also, worth pointing out that - 2000 - 2010 - money made from record/DVD sales 2011 - now - no money made from record/DVD sales Maiden is a business. They'd release material if they deemed it worthy and if it made financial sense to do so. As fans we should be thankful they actually do...

It's also helpful to remember we are less than 30 days from the album being released. I know time seems to be moving slowly, it always does after the initial rush of the newness starts to wear off. People complained of the exact same things in 2015 (no news, not enough press, etc) - September...

What exactly do you suggest they should be doing?

If I'm not mistaken, it's also the first album since Virtual XI to be shorter than the album that preceded it. Uh oh.....Virtual XII incoming. Brace yourselves (chorus repeat x45)

Anyone else already hate the 3rd section of Death of the Celts? I thought it was going to be a bone crunching black metal tune based on the song title, but now I can help but think it's the worst Maiden song of all time. Instead, it's just a Maiden song. Meh.

This entirely boils down to how you decided to interpret whatever was forthcoming. What hopes and assumptions were created? The band created fliers and a social media campaign, they never actually promised anything. You can't be mad about not getting something you thought was maybe...